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All-American Piecrust Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
½ tsp fine sea salt
¼ cup all-vegetable shortening preferably Crisco, chilled
¼ cup unsalted butter, chilled
3-8 Tbsp ice water

Directions:
Directions:
1. In the work bowl of a food processor, fitted with a steel blade, combine flour and salt, then add shortening and butter.
Process for 8-10 seconds or until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
2. With processor on pulse, add ice water through feeder tube, 1 Tbsp at a time until dough holds together without being
sticky or crumbly. Shape dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until dough is firm and moisture is
distributed evenly, approximately 30 minutes.
3. Flour a clean work surface and a rolling pin. Place the dough disk in the center of floured surface. Starting in center
of dough, and roll to, but not over the edge of dough. Return to center; and roll down to, but not over the opposite
edge. Lift dough, give it a quarter turn, and lay it on work surface. Continue rolling, repeating quarter turns, until you
have a disk approximately ⅛ inch thick.
4. Ease pastry into a 9-inch pie plate. Trim 1 inch larger than diameter of pie plate; fold overhanging pastry under itself
along rim of plate. Refrigerate until firm, approximately 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven 350º.
6. Bake until lightly browned, approximately 12 minutes.

 

 

 

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